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BODY POSITION
1. Anatomical
2. Supine
3. prone
ANATOMICAL POSTIONS

•In the anatomical

position,
•the body is upright,
directly facing the
observer,
• feet flat and
directed forward.
 SUPINE POSITION
(Recumbent position)

• Person lies straight on the back with face directed upward.

e.g. -ECG recording, physical examination
 PRONE POSITION

• Person lies straight on the abdomen and with face directed

downward. E.g. examine posterior trunk, spine, rectum. , surgeries of
back, prevent pressure sore (relive pressure.)
ANATOMICAL
PLANES
1. Median
2. Sagittal
3. Frontal/coronal
4. Horizontal
5. Oblique
Median plane

•The body vertically

through the midline
marked by the
navel, dividing the
body exactly in left
and right side.
superior

inferior
Terms of movement
Cranial cavity
Thoracic cavity
Abdominal cavity
Abdominal& pelvic
cavity
Pelvic cavity-female
pelvic cavity- male
Anatomical Regions and
Quadrants

The human abdomen is divided into quadrants and

regions by anatomists and physicians for the
purposes of study, diagnosis, and treatment.
("Hypo-" means below; "epi-" means above; "chondron" means cartilage (in this case, the cartilage of the
rib) and "gaster" means stomach.
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